The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
4:28 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1547
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 | 131.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 24.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.56° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.20° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.