The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 2096
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
3:49 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2140
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 190.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.83° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.40° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.