The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1909
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
6:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -172
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 | 9.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.78° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.16° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.