The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
8:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 194.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 331.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.74° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.28° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| 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.