The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 2060
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1695
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.60° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.27° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.