The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
1:41 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.07° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.69° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.