The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1918
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
7:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 353.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.15° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.53° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.