The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1966
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
7:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 533
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.57° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.72° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.