The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1992
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
11:16 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 854
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.76° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.92° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.