The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 2022
Waning Crescent
3.5% 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
6:44 AM
3:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 189.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -25.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.67° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.90° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.