The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1917
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
9:01 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.94° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.26° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.