The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1976
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
1:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 225.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.82° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.21° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.