The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1906
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
8:00 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.43° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.55° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.