The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
7:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2227
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 | 173.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.79° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.13° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.