The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1939
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
7:59 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 23.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.11° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.