The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1987
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
11:28 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 792
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -12.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.16° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.97° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.