The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
5:06 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 140.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.45° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.93° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.