The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2000
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
8:57 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 200.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.73° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.76° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.