The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2161
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
2:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2944
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 | 318.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 213.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.57° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.79° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.