The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 19.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.49° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.65° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.