The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 1957
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
1:28 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 421
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.37° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.40° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.