The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
3:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 273
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 | 111.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.95° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.38° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.