The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 2164
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
6:51 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2982
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 157.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.55° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.87° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.