The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:42 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1349
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.45° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.45° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.