The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1923
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
3:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.80° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.77° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| 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.