The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2022
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
11:00 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.41° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.70° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.