The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 25, 2177
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
1:49 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3142
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 215.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.91° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.02° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.