The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1973
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
10:57 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 619
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 | 263.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.56° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.13° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.