The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 26, 2156
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
10:49 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2883
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 | 55.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.84° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.