The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1979
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
2:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.57° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.96° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.