The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 2003
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 261.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.79° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.06° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.