The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 2022
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.80° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.85° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.