The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 2172
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
4:45 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3080
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.86° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.46° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.4° |
| 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.