The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 2164
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2981
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.39° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.94° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.