The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
6:34 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 157.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 12.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.96° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.74° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.