The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2044
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
12:46 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1497
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 | 299.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.04° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.52° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.