The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1925
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
11:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.58° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.32° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.