The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 2057
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
10:14 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1658
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 | 226.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.40° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.44° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.