The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1938
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:41 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 186
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.17° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.26° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.