The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 1996
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 81.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.20° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.85° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.11° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.