The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1924
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
12:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -11.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.63° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.74° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.