The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 18, 1926
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
11:02 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.38° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.32° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.