The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1996
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:52 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 56.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 1.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.45° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.