The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2049
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
11:12 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1559
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.81° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.33° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.