The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2085
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
7:11 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2005
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 153.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.84° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.33° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.