The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2022
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:11 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.31° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.42° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.