The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1910
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
8:53 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -160
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.49° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.06° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.