The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 2058
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
4:42 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 180.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.55° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.98° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.