The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1920
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
9:33 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 40.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.30° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.49° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.