The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
3:26 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 121.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.78° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.00° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.