The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Waxing Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1176
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.57° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.72° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.