The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2038
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
10:15 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1423
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.04° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.62° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| 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.