The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
5:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 27.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.58° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.50° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.