The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2016
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
7:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 187.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 339.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.70° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.