The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1976
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.48° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.87° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| 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.