The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1922
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
12:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -12
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -11.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.60° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.03° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.