The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:30 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -197
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 23.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.99° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.88° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| 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.