The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2049
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:08 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1559
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 | 243.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -7.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.54° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.02° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.