The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1939
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
10:51 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 56.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.