The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1919
Waning Crescent
27.0% 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
3:14 AM
1:00 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.23° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.97° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.