The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:20 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 49.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.94° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.58° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.