The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1941
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 223
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.98° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.67° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.