The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 2014
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
12:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1126
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.10° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.63° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.