The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
5:01 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1918
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 | 138.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 31.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.78° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.32° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.