The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1965
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:05 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.34° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.60° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.