The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1955
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
6:40 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 7.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.81° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.01° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.