The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1903
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
1:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -247
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.32° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.73° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.