The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:20 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1646
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 | 110.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.87° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.81° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.