The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1976
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
11:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.53° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.71° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.