The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% 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
12:02 PM
2:14 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.61° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.12° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.