The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
6:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 173.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.47° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| 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.