The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1952
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
12:51 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 301.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 226.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.75° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.45° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.