The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2014
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
1:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 301.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.10° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.81° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.