The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
6:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.02° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.15° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.