The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2113
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
3:02 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2351
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.03° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.58° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.