The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1909
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
7:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -172
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 141.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.78° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.96° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.