The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1998
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
3:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 326.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.45° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.94° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.