The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 25, 1954
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 384
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.58° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.33° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| 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.