The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2170
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
11:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3056
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 | 71.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.44° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.78° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.