The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2117
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
10:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2400
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 | 238.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 0.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.39° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.22° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.