The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1965
Waning Crescent
28.9% 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
2:53 AM
1:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 520
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 | 295.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.73° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.93° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.