The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1971
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
1:03 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.43° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.24° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.