The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1940
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
8:34 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 211
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.88° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.10° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.