The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2042
Waxing Crescent
5.0% 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
9:23 AM
7:59 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1473
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.20° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.69° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.