The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1909
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
11:30 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -172
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / -0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.12° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.41° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.