The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1911
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
12:01 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.43° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.92° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.