The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2156
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
5:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2882
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 168.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.66° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.59° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.