The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1904
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
11:29 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -234
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 | 65.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.92° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.37° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.