The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2006
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.38° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.76° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.