The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 2008
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
9:27 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 219.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.33° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.55° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| 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.