The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2011
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
9:43 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 232.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.75° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.29° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| 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.