The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1947
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
3:11 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 331.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 199.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -25.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.92° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.71° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.