The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2008
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
9:49 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 230.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.08° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.68° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.