The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2166
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3006
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 | 261.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.51° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.21° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.