The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
4:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 132.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.21° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.86° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.