The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 24, 2122
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
8:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2462
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.70° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.92° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.