The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2131
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
1:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2573
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.54° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.69° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.