The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
6:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.76° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.66° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.