The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1987
Waning Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
2:08 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 792
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.82° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.66° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.