The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 2074
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:20 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.43° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.82° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.