The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 2043
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
8:22 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1485
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.83° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.