The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2138
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
8:12 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2660
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 | 185.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.46° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.