The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1919
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
7:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 151.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.75° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.49° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.