The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2023
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
6:43 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1238
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 154.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.42° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.68° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.