The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2117
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
11:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2400
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.67° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.51° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.