The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2163
Waning Gibbous
88.6% 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
9:25 PM
9:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2969
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 | 219.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.88° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.23° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.