The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 2007
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
12:27 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.07° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.85° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.