The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 25, 2168
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
8:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3031
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.69° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.93° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.