The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1912
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
9:51 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -135
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 | 46.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.30° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.02° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.