The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2036
Waning Crescent
12.0% 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
4:43 AM
2:51 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1398
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 | 319.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.04° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.19° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.