The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
6:17 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 162.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 9.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.18° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.28° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.