The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1936
Waxing Crescent
8.0% 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
8:58 AM
8:56 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 162
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.23° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.46° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.