The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2055
Waning Crescent
1.0% 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
6:53 AM
4:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.24° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.37° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.