The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2077
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
3:33 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 195.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.32° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.58° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.