The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2046
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
8:32 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1522
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.23° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.89° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.