The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1970
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
8:09 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 582
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 345.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.11° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.72° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.