The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 26, 2125
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
11:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2499
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.72° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.20° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.