The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1926
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
9:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 320.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.15° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.79° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.