The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1988
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
10:08 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 48.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.69° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.15° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.