The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2054
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
7:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 350.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.04° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.70° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.