The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:38 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1918
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.29° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.60° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.