The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1912
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -135
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.34° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.51° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.