The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:36 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -197
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.14° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.01° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.