The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2022
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
10:36 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1225
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 | 234.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.25° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.56° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.