The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1949
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 284.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.53° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.53° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.