The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1922
Waning Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
1:32 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 299.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.85° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.36° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.