The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
5:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 149.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 23.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.83° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.41° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.