The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1919
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.68° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.32° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.