The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
1:25 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1275
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 | 96.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.40° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.88° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.