The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1970
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
9:23 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 214.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.63° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.12° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| 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.