The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
6:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1856
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.18° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.03° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.