The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1974
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
10:09 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 35.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.67° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.34° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.