The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 2022
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
4:03 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 187.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.19° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.32° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.