The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2148
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
8:35 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2784
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.57° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.73° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.