The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1973
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
9:39 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 619
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 | 229.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / -1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.71° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.69° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.