The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
2:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1547
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.86° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.49° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.