The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1968
Waning Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
12:40 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.58° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.50° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.