The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
4:27 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 130.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.35° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.65° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.