The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2066
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
2:09 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 317.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.24° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.12° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.