The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1974
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
7:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 149.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.52° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.90° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.