The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 1969
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
12:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 82.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.32° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.44° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.