The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1914
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
6:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -110
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 161.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.97° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.24° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.