The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2019
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:19 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1188
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 | 228.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.32° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.81° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.