The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2010
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
12:02 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 81.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.84° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.25° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.