The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1969
Waxing Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
11:01 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 59.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.78° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.