The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
4:42 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 978
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.39° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.18° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.