The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2030
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
9:09 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1324
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.31° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.95° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.