The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 2001
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
5:53 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 966
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 165.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.53° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.07° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.