The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1908
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
10:16 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -185
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 | 224.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.29° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.93° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.