The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2056
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
11:28 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.14° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.45° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.