The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1905
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:35 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.01° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.07° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.