The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2008
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
9:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.22° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.41° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.