The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1946
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 253.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.65° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.65° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.