The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2160
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
9:23 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2932
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.23° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.64° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.