The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2073
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
9:36 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1856
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 | 219.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 303.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.66° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.48° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.