The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2179
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
8:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3167
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.44° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.19° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.