The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2071
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
11:38 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1831
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.33° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.37° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.