The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2039
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
3:40 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1435
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.02° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.99° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.