The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
1:25 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2017
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 | 97.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.69° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.22° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.