The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2070
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
7:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1819
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 345.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.26° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 173.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.