The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1914
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
2:52 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -111
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 | 329.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 200.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.23° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.20° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.