The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1915
Waxing Crescent
45.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
12:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -98
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 | 84.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.92° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.09° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.