The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
6:21 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 163.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.48° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.43° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.