The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1906
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
4:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.95° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.88° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.