The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1948
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
8:26 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 356,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.54° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.