The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1901
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
10:46 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.36° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.12° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.