The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 307.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 221.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -26.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.65° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.27° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.