The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1930
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
2:43 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 87
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 | 326.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 202.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -27.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.53° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.43° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.