The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2139
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
10:59 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2672
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 | 262.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.79° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.87° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.