The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2105
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
1:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2252
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.65° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.40° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.