The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:51 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.47° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.79° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.