The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2022
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
2:45 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 204.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.83° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.71° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.