The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
1:27 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -234
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 | 100.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.37° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.88° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.