The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 2131
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
12:42 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2573
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.39° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.52° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.