The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 2018
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
11:13 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 62.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / -1.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.89° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.