The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
7:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1015
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 356.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.85° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.38° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.