The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1931
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
9:29 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 100
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.82° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.38° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.