The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1942
Waxing Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
12:02 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 236
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 | 83.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.82° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.76° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.