The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2065
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
7:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1757
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 3:12 AM, is deepest at 4:56 AM and ends at 6:41 AM. Totality lasts from 4:22 AM to 5:31 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 343.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.94° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.56° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.