The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
6:10 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 150.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.11° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.65° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| 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.