The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1960
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
2:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 310.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.57° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.15° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| 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.