The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 2046
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
9:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1522
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.23° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.02° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.