The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 2081
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:23 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 338.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.10° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.