The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1914
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
5:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 174.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.29° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.57° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.