The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 1947
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
9:03 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 298
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 | 37.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -11.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.87° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.16° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.