The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 2015
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
10:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 57.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.65° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.