The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 25, 2077
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
7:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1906
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.92° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.84° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.