The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 2050
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
7:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1572
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 | 21.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -7.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.35° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.17° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.