The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1920
Waxing Crescent
6.4% 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
8:49 AM
8:30 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 28.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 134.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.31° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.68° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.