The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 2023
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
8:03 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1238
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.63° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.49° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.