The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 2020
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
6:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 157.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.34° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.26° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.