The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2106
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
9:15 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2264
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 | 219.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.75° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.83° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.