The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
6:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 163.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 8.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.08° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.82° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.