The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
4:01 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 174
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 | 127.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.13° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.26° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.