The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1922
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:21 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -12
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.79° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.58° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.