The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 1936
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
6:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 162
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 161.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.97° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.84° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.