The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:40 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 508
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.53° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.64° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.