The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 25, 2016
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
8:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 199.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 325.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 11.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.39° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.96° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| 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.