The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2084
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
8:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1992
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.90° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.36° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.