The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 1997
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
8:04 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 916
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.47° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.19° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.