The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
3:35 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 120.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.13° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.40° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| 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.