The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
5:45 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 154.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.48° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.63° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.