The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2009
Waning Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
3:11 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 331.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 198.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.27° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.06° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.