The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1946
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
9:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 206.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.73° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.09° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.