The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1914
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
1:53 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 212.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.87° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.01° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.