The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 2087
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2029
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.78° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.61° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.