The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1901
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.90° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.78° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.