The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1925
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.63° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.62° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.