The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1923
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
10:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.25° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.92° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.