The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1921
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
7:53 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 335.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.85° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.