The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 2009
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
4:11 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -24.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.11° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.25° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.