The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1959
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
7:16 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 350.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.66° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.63° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 205.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.