The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1949
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
10:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 245.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.77° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.07° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.