The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1922
Waning Crescent
5.0% 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
5:47 AM
3:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 334.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 197.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.55° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.90° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.