The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
3:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2017
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 | 122.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.27° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.92° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.