The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1973
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
10:04 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 619
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 | 241.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.67° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.83° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.