The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1968
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
12:05 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 281.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.41° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.33° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| 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.