The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
2:12 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 105.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.76° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.93° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.