The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1954
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:10 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 243.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.70° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.17° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.