The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1974
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
6:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 351.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 162.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.68° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.91° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.