The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 2011
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
10:14 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 245.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.29° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.43° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.