The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
5:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.26° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.39° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.