The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2012
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
9:35 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 40.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -0.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.87° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.39° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.