The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
2:22 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 107.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.07° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.55° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.