The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1933
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
6:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 125
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 | 9.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 156.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.94° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.42° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.