The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2017
Waning Crescent
1.8% 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
6:33 AM
4:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 344.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 185.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.79° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.94° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.