The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
5:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1819
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.72° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.74° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.