The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1960
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:52 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 246.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.79° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.32° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.