The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 1992
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
10:14 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 246.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.07° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.62° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.