The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1958
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
5:46 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 171.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.65° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.19° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.