The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2084
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
7:36 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1992
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:21 PM, is deepest at 6:10 PM and ends at 7:58 PM. Totality lasts from 5:39 PM to 6:41 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 351.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.72° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.