The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1943
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
10:33 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 248
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.06° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.30° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.