The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1962
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
9:57 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 483
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.28° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.57° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.