The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
5:51 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2326
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.43° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.70° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.