The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
2:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 112.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.61° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.25° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.