The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1944
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
4:43 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 260
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.17° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.79° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.