The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2164
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
4:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2981
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 191.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.14° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.74° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.