The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2045
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
10:11 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1510
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 | 49.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.37° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.74° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.