The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
3:45 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1683
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.67° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.25° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.