The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2020
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
7:31 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1201
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 | 20.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.59° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.07° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.