The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3229
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 | 119.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.40° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.67° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.