The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1984
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
12:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.48° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.56° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.