The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1919
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
3:41 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 199.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.78° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.52° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.