The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2036
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
4:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1398
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 189.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.72° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.57° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.