The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1999
First Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
12:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.02° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.36° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.