The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
8:34 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 29.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 133.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.19° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.58° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.