The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
3:34 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1547
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.68° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.34° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.