The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1958
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
9:37 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 434
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -2.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.66° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.06° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.