The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:20 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 99.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 11.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.55° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.40° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.