The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
1:35 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 102.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.61° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.81° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.