The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1
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 | 107.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.76° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.09° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.