The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2079
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
10:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1930
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 | 245.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.36° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.75° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.