The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1819
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 1.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.09° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.61° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.