The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1925
Last Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
12:04 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.71° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.62° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.