The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1920
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
7:28 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 17.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.50° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.86° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.