The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1981
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
10:51 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 718
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.70° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.50° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.