The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1957
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
2:17 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 314.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.64° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.57° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.