The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2152
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
8:35 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2833
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 338.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.61° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.72° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.