The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 2180
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
3:43 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3179
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.14° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.80° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.