The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% 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
3:07 PM
4:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.93° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.67° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.