The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.59° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.90° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.