The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1951
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
8:22 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.71° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.08° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.