The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1978
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
8:46 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.14° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.68° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.