The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 1902
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
7:50 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 12.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.09° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.