The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Waxing Crescent
25.4% 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
10:22 AM
11:13 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1040
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 | 60.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.19° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.