The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1946
Waning Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
11:48 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 285
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.68° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.80° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.