The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1944
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
8:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.05° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.64° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.