The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1968
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
2:17 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 321.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 207.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.07° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.86° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.