The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 1998
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
4:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 191.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.21° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.13° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.