The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1912
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:53 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -135
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 | 58.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.85° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.