The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1951
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
9:39 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 347
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 | 221.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.99° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.48° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.