The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
3:50 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1819
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.79° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.00° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.