The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 1930
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
1:57 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 213.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.63° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.25° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.