The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2117
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2400
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 | 252.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.69° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.36° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.