The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 2074
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
1:40 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 301.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.19° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.45° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.