The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1925
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.70° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.13° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.