The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 25, 2044
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
1:26 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1497
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.89° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.70° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.