The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1922
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
4:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 345.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.78° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.09° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.