The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 25, 2161
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
5:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.56° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.35° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.