The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1961
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 78.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.76° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.13° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.