The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1926
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 38
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 | 74.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.43° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.15° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.