The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
5:13 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 144.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 27.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.97° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.73° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.