The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2090
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
1:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2066
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.35° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.66° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.