The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1909
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
9:04 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -172
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 | 37.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.76° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.78° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.