The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1901
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
8:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 135.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.59° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.49° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.