The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1902
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
7:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.85° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.76° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.