The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1960
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
4:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 458
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 193.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.31° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.52° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.