The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1992
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
9:17 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 219.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.53° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.35° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.