The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1968
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
11:36 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.31° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.17° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.