The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
2:18 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 38
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 | 111.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.19° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.67° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.