The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1963
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
4:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 180.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.04° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.30° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.