The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1961
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
9:15 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 39.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.89° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.66° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.