The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1957
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
12:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 279.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.11° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.06° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| 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.