The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% 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
3:53 PM
7:00 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1015
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 7.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.97° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.51° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.