The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 1911
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
12:26 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.27° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.09° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.