The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2020
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
4:32 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -23.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.30° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.36° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.