The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% 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
3:47 PM
6:53 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1485
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 | 159.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 9.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.44° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.09° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.