The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 1922
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
9:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -12
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 117.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.11° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.54° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.