The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1911
Waning Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
2:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 211.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.74° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.62° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.