The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2199
Waning Crescent
5.9% 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
5:42 AM
3:43 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3414
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 200.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.91° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.60° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.