The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1920
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
11:42 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 65.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.86° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.14° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.