The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1977
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 669
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 | 73.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.20° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.90° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.