The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
1:29 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 100.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.41° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.61° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.