The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 2159
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
10:08 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2920
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 | 47.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.11° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.24° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.