The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
8:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 346.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.90° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.