The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2011
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
9:13 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 218.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.01° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.15° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.