The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 2170
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
10:58 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3056
Events on this date
-
Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.95° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.