The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1941
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
5:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 350.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 179.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.17° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.90° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| 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.