The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2120
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
1:16 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2437
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 | 307.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.51° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.76° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| 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.