The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 211
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.59° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.82° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.