The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 1925
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
4:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 182.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.49° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.69° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.