The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1919
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
10:15 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.68° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.17° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.