The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1931
Waxing Crescent
20.6% 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
10:23 AM
10:28 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 100
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.61° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.20° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.