The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2015
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
9:48 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 44.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.50° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.83° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.