The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2041
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1460
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.57° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.63° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.