The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2096
Waning Crescent
8.0% 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
5:42 AM
2:55 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2140
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 203.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -25.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.97° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.21° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.