The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1968
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:23 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 308.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -26.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.82° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.68° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.