The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1970
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
9:43 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 225.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.59° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.26° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.