The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
2:20 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -98
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.69° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.78° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.