The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1040
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 | 73.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.93° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.02° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.