The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1949
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
1:28 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 308.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.09° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.