The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2079
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
12:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1930
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.34° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.38° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.