The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 259.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.57° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.57° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.