The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
6:17 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.47° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.85° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.