The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1936
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
1:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 302.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 227.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.96° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.22° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.