The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1959
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
8:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 203.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 8.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.87° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.89° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.