The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 1974
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
9:10 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 24.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.49° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.52° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.