The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
5:52 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.42° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.22° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.