The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1126
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.68° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.15° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.