The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2068
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
9:06 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1794
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.61° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.38° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.