The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 166.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 4.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.42° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.50° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.