The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
5:04 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 23.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.32° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.12° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| 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.