The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2152
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
9:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2833
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.82° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.85° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.