The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2109
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2301
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 | 306.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.95° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.47° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.