The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2009
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
2:16 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -27.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.46° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.87° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.