The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
2:37 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3093
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 | 110.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.82° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.91° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.