The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1981
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
10:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 718
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 | 231.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.57° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.36° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.