The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2122
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
8:10 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2462
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 | 191.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.25° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.79° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.