The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
4:31 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.50° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.44° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.