The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1902
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
9:01 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -259
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 | 214.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.52° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.62° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.