The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
6:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2660
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 | 153.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.95° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.38° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.