The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1941
Waning Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
2:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 223
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 220.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.14° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.34° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.