The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1981
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 718
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 | 254.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.68° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.65° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.