The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1941
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
1:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 299.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.18° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.16° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.