The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1938
Waning Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
1:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 306.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.83° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.77° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| 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.