The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2001
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
4:57 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 350.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 178.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.73° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.74° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.