The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2158
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
11:20 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2907
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.53° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.68° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.