The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1987
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
1:13 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 305.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -26.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.07° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.48° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.