The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1930
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
12:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 87
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 | 282.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.08° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.73° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.