The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1971
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
11:22 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.44° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.72° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.