The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 1979
Waning Gibbous
67.4% 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
11:47 PM
11:05 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 249.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.77° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.12° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.