The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1966
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
3:42 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 532
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 | 338.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -26.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.73° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.53° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.