The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1928
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
7:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 63
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 | 23.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.89° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.15° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.