The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1954
Last Quarter
54.3% 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
12:31 AM
10:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 384
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.46° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.48° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.