The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
8:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1015
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 344.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.77° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.