The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1955
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
1:44 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 311.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.88° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.05° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.