The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2104
Waning Crescent
1.8% 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
6:43 AM
4:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2239
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.67° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.09° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.