The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2070
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
3:03 PM
4:52 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1819
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 | 142.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.25° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.