The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:12 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2759
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.16° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.95° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.