The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1938
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
11:08 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 262.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 261.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.89° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.10° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.