The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
4:48 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1683
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 | 136.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.13° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.11° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| 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.