The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 2155
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
10:41 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2870
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.73° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.97° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.