The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1944
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
5:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 346.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.92° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.98° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.