The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1984
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.67° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.24° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.