The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2175
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
9:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3118
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.86° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.22° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.