The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2155
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
9:59 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2870
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.19° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.68° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.