The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1924
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
8:42 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.40° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.87° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.