The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1955
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
4:31 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 344.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -21.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.35° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.60° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.