The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1925
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
9:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.41° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.90° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.