The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1923
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
11:16 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.74° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.