The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
5:25 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.38° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.66° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.