The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 1919
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
9:49 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.49° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.03° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.