The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 1941
Waning Crescent
8.9% 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
5:07 AM
3:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 325.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 207.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.99° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.52° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.