The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
4:11 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 130.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.64° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.00° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.