The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
3:02 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 210.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.10° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.56° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.