The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
3:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.34° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.75° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.