The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1987
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
12:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 792
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.69° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.31° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.