The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1946
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
10:59 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 285
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / 3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.39° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.50° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.