The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2015
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
8:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 133.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.63° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.01° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.