The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
1:56 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.75° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.44° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.