The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1925
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.48° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.47° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.