The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
1:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 805
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.58° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.66° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.48° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.