The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2081
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
8:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 322.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.32° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.90° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.