The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2128
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2536
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.94° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.63° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.