The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2169
Waning Crescent
24.7% 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
3:13 AM
1:28 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3043
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 | 300.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.52° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.14° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.