The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1906
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
3:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 198.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.91° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.69° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.