The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2197
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
10:15 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3390
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.55° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.80° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.