The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1949
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 296.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.92° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.