The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2179
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
7:39 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3167
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 343.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.54° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.