The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2107
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
4:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2276
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.06° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.50° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.