The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2055
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1633
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 | 313.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.58° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.81° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| 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.