The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2180
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
1:42 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3179
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 223.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.39° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.43° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.