The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1963
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
3:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 207.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.55° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.92° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.