The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.55° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.73° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.