The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1936
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
5:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 352.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 177.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.64° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.97° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.