The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
6:41 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1250
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 | 156.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 12.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.05° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.