The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
5:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1101
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 177.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.39° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.85° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.