The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1923
Waxing Crescent
12.7% 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
9:44 AM
9:24 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 122.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -6.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.23° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.10° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.