The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2072
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
11:55 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1844
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 | 70.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.60° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.07° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.