The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1984
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
12:10 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.26° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.40° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.