The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1952
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
11:11 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 359
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.98° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.95° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.