The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
9:04 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 210.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 312.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.82° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.09° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.