The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
2:20 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2252
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.77° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.25° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.