The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
4:31 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 508
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.02° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.78° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.