The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1976
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 253.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -8.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.40° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.56° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.