The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2112
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
12:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2338
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.22° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.71° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.