The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 2000
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
11:13 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 251.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.36° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.31° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.