The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:38 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.49° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.06° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.