The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 2007
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
10:00 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.31° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.37° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.