The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
6:04 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1448
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.64° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.61° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.