The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2155
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2870
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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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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 | -5.3° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.42° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.28° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.