The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
3:51 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1918
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.10° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.