The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 2009
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
5:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 175.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.03° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.44° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.