The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
3:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.92° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.65° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.