The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2055
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
1:44 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1633
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 | 301.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.58° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.63° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.