The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 2025
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.52° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.23° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.