The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
4:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.56° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.64° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.