The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2019
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1188
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 | 255.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.74° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.10° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.