The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2182
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
9:59 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3204
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.87° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.