The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1999
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 75.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.93° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.53° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.