The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1979
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
3:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 323.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.10° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.14° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.