The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
4:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.00° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.89° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.