The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1916
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
8:58 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 318.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.66° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.34° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.