The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 2147
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
11:48 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2771
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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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 | 265.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.33° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.29° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.58° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.