The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2076
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
9:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1893
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.86° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.94° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| 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.