The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1979
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
4:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 194.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.04° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.33° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.