The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2144
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
9:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2734
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 301.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.24° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.43° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.