The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1925
Waning Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
12:38 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.31° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.79° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.