The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1939
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
5:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 350.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.49° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.38° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.