The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2087
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
9:54 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2029
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 | 236.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -4.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.91° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.31° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.