The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:34 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 113.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.06° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.65° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.