The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 2089
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
5:15 PM
6:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2054
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.49° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.81° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.