The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
3:28 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2252
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.87° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.11° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.