The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2027
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
9:57 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1287
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 | 236.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.32° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.49° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.