The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1954
Waning Gibbous
87.4% 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
9:34 PM
9:25 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 221.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.68° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.89° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.