The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 2099
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
8:57 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2178
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 127.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.27° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.26° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.