The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 2001
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
6:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 966
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.33° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.88° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.