The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1943
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
9:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 193.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.99° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.03° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.