The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1903
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
3:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -247
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 205.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.02° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.09° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.