The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2192
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
5:16 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3328
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.18° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.83° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.