The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 1939
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
8:55 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 34.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.04° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.