The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1914
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
3:56 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -111
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 | 341.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 187.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.37° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.38° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.