The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
6:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.76° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.82° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.