The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2023
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
5:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 170.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.05° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.13° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 9.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.