The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
5:57 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 152.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.20° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.79° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.