The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2049
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
9:41 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1559
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 | 231.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.79° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.88° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.