The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1949
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
2:15 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 320.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 208.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -27.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.06° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.05° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.