The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2044
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1497
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 | 277.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.24° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.18° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.