The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1966
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
9:34 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 533
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.29° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.35° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.