The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2069
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
10:14 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1807
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.04° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.99° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.