The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
4:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 142.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.97° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.66° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.