The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 2068
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
9:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1794
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.35° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.66° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.