The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2103
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
7:55 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2227
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:06 PM, is deepest at 1:30 AM and ends at 3:54 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.64° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.5° |
| 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.