The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1933
Waning Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
1:49 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 124
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 213.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.25° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.82° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.