The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1985
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
7:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 18.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 147.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.61° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.09° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.