The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
4:08 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 128.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.50° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.07° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.