The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
7:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 171.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.17° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.