The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2055
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 207.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.34° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.99° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.