The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1900
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
11:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.46° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.98° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.