The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
2:06 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 842
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 | 104.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.63° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.73° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.