The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1985
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
11:21 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 63.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.37° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.36° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.