The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1962
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
10:53 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 244.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.95° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.86° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.