The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2141
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
9:42 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2697
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 | 233.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -5.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.83° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.99° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.