The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 2142
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
4:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2709
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 185.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.69° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.54° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.