The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2123
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2474
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.11° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.36° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.