The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2025
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
2:31 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.78° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.26° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.