The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
9:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1188
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 | 215.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.53° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.68° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.