The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1962
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
8:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 483
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.62° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.30° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.