The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1979
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
12:46 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.93° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.44° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.60° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.