The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
6:37 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2425
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 27.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.45° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.02° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.