The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 19, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:08 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 120.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.37° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.04° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| 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.