The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2147
Waning Crescent
32.7% 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
2:18 AM
1:03 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2771
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.85° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.92° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.