The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2166
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:10 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3006
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 | 250.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.64° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.06° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.