The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1943
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
10:00 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 204.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.97° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.16° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.