The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2066
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:33 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 344.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.63° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.49° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.