The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1938
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
12:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 285.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.20° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.42° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.