The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2077
Waning Crescent
1.1% 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
7:18 AM
4:40 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 180.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.91° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.77° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| 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.