The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 2136
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:23 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2635
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.27° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.02° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.