The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2025
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.19° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.72° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.