The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1969
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.75° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.60° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.