The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:01 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.45° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.21° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.