The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1900
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
1:15 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.36° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.82° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.33° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.