The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1919
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
4:55 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 179.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.64° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.13° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.