The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1962
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:25 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 233.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.08° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.72° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.