The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 1985
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
10:22 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 768
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.46° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.53° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.