The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
5:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 26.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.08° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.87° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.