The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1940
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
7:52 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 190.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.84° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.97° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.