The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
5:07 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 137
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 | 136.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 27.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.90° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.70° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.