The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1928
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 63
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.83° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.78° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.