The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
6:22 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 780
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 | 153.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 16.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.53° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.28° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.