The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1919
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
5:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 165.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.56° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.68° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.