The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
8:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 339.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.61° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.02° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.