The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1922
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
7:40 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.75° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.33° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.