The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2163
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
8:45 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2969
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.59° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.09° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.