The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
2:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.60° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.29° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.