The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2066
Waning Crescent
6.3% 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
5:57 AM
3:18 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1769
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 199.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.94° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.30° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.