The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1911
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
12:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.05° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.26° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.