The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2101
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
11:17 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2202
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.94° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.44° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.