The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Last Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
11:52 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.46° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.01° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.