The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1988
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
11:21 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 62.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.98° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.