The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 25, 1960
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
3:15 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 458
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.38° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.33° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.