The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
5:09 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1448
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.85° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.75° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.