The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2106
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:17 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2264
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 | 244.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.46° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.10° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.