The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1966
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
10:33 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 533
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.17° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.