The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 2082
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
1:26 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1967
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 | 310.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.66° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.14° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.