The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
4:43 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3093
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.80° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.62° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.