The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
1:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2289
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.80° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.68° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.