The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 273
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.62° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.24° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.