The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2003
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
11:06 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 990
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.62° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.91° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.