The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1955
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
7:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 397
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.92° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.82° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.