The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
10:39 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 235.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.41° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.76° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.