The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 2015
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 70.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.34° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.47° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| 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.